Introduction Employee State Insurance (ESI) is a component of compensation provided to an employee earning wages below Rs.15,000 to provide for:
• Hospital facilities and out-patient facilities • Medicines provided by the hospital • Compensation in case of accident / death
A percentage of amount specified by a Central Act is deducted from the employees salary and sent to the ESI Corporation along with Employer's contribution. Current contribution rate for :
• Employee is 1.75% of Basic + Dearness Allowance + All other allowances + Overtime • Employer is 4.75% of Basic + Dearness Allowance + All other allowances + Overtime * Basis = Basic + Dearness Allowance + All other allowances
• If employee is eligible for ESI in any one month of ESI contribution period, then the employee continues to contribute for all subsequent months in that contribution period • ESI Number is required to be maintained (allotted by ESI) employees
Basis of retro period is b/f to current period processing
ESI contribution would be done on current month + B/F basis
ESI basis = /3EA (Current month basis) + /ZEA
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Creation/Change across blocks /AEA is formed for all retro periods i.e. for April to October and cumulated to /ZEA in November Maintained in November eff. April
IT588(0001) maintained retrospectively Payroll is executed for some periods Employee has salary less than ESI limit